Time for a new release

[jekyllbot]

Hello, maintainers! :wave:

By my calculations, it's time for a new release of minima. It's been over 2 months since the last release, v2.5.1.

What else is left to be done before a new release can be made? Please make sure to update History.markdown too if it's not already updated.

Thanks! :revolving_hearts: :sparkles:

[dgw]

jekyllbot threatening to close its own issue for inactivity is pretty funny. 😸

But seriously, a new release with the color schemes (of particular interest to me) and other features added since 2.5.1 would be pretty great.

[derek-adair]

If anyone wants to play around with minima 3.0 it works with some minor coercion;

1. Copy the following into your own project...
   • assets
   • _sass
   • _layouts
   • _includes
2. bundle add jekyll-seo-tag
3. remove theme: minima from _config.yml

[dgw]

You can use a newer version of minima as a gem theme like this (in Gemfile): gem "minima", :github => 'jekyll/minima', :ref => 'd4bfaf2'

[derek-adair]

Indeed. By "play around with" i meant monkey around w/ the source.

[louisroyer]

You can use a newer version of minima as a gem theme like this (in Gemfile): gem "minima", :github => 'jekyll/minima', :ref => 'd4bfaf2'

When using this line in my Gemfile, I get:

Using jekyll-watch 2.2.1
Fetching kramdown 1.17.0
Installing kramdown 1.17.0
Using liquid 4.0.3
Using mercenary 0.3.6
Using pathutil 0.16.2
Fetching rouge 3.20.0
Installing rouge 3.20.0
Using safe_yaml 1.0.5
Fetching jekyll 3.8.4
Installing jekyll 3.8.4
Using jekyll-feed 0.13.0
Using jekyll-seo-tag 2.6.1
Using minima 2.5.0 from https://github.com/jekyll/minima.git (at d4bfaf2@d4bfaf2)
Bundle complete! 4 Gemfile dependencies, 28 gems now installed.

And the version tagged 2.5.0 in git seems used instead of the commit specified. I think it is because the field spec.version in the file minima.gemspec has not been updated since 2.5.0.

[skulltech]

When will another release happen? It's long overdue.

[mitchellgordon95]

Another reason to add a release is that Github pages is still pinned to v2.5.1, which was released over a year ago.

[superkarn]

Here's the github-pages gem: https://github.com/github/pages-gem/blob/master/lib/github-pages/plugins.rb#L52

Does this mean we cannot use the latest version of minima as a gem theme with GitHub Pages? (Without manually copying over the source.)

[ashmaroli]

You can use the latest version of minima with GitHub Pages. Just use the remote_theme feature:

# _config.yml

# Add to plugins: list
plugins:
  - jekyll-remote-theme

# set up remote_theme
remote_theme: jekyll/minima

[superkarn]

@ashmaroli thank you! This worked nicely.

[vtjeng]

In addition, if you'd like to make sure that your site remains fixed at a particular commit of minima, you can specify the git ref

# set up remote_theme
remote_theme: jekyll/minima@3cdd14dff1216f561c68329e0b7420c2dc9b796a

[arazabishov]

+1 on this one. It would be great to cut a 3.0 release.

[yabozdar]

It's going to be 2 years now. What's stopping minima to get a new release? Default Jekyll installation still runs older minima theme.

[MarchandMD]

If I am learning enough to get to this point in reviewing a repo to request a new release, you KNOW it's been awhile. lol.

Srsly tho, a new release would be welcomed; just sayin'

[ashmaroli]

Lets say we decided to not release anymore gems off this repo.. Lets say we decided to have this be consumed only as a remote_theme or a theme via Bundler and Gemfile.

Lets say we have not taken any decisions whatsoever.. :smiling_imp:

[0x646e78]

It seems half the time my site breaks on a push due to this. Anyone found a decent dark theme that is maintained worth migrating to?

[flowinho]

Looks like Minima has been abandonded. Very sad. :(

[ashmaroli]

Minima hasn't been abandoned. It's not ready for an official release. You're free to use the theme in current state via the jekyll-remote-theme plugin.

[kebugcheckex]

Who, either a person or an organization, has permission to publish a new release? Or does anyone know who actually owns this repo and can make a new release? The last release was in 2019, it is 2023 now.

[yabozdar]

@kebugcheckex This is the fate of opensource software unless an organisation for profit backs it.